Door-mat.



B. W. REYNOLDS.

DOOR MAT.

APPLIGATION FILED 11:13.24, 191s 1,077,302. Patented Nov. 4, 1913.

COLUMBIA- PLANOGRAPH c0 WASHINGTON, D. c.

' tion comprises longitudinal parallel rails l and other foreign matterthat ordinarily ad- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD W. REYNOLDS, OF KITTANNING, PENNSYLVANIA.

DOOR-MAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 24, 1913.

To all whom it may concern v Be it known that I, RICHARD W. REY- NOLDS,a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Kittanning, inthe county of Armstrong and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Door-Mats, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to door mats, and the primary object of myinvention is to provide a sanitary mat by which mud, dirt heres to thesoles of shoes can be expeditiously removed.

A further object of this invention is to provide a simple, durable andinexpenslve door mat from which accumulated dirt and foreign matter canbe easily removed, whereby the mat can be repeatedly used for cleansingthe soles of shoes.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the mat. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same,Fig. 3 1s alongitudinal sectional view of the mat, Flg. 4 is a crosssectional view of the same, and Fig. 5 is a plan of a portion of themat.

' A door mat in accordance with this invenand 2 connected at one end bytransverse scraper bars 3 and 4:, said bars having the upper edgesthereof beveled, with the bar 4 of greater elevation than the bar 3whereby the sole of a shoe can be easily moved over said bars to scrapemud from the bottom of the sole.

The rails 1 and 2 for the greater part of their length are connected bytransverse parallel and equally spaced fiat rods 5 and these rods arecovered with a yieldable cleansing material 6, as carpet, fiber or otherfabric.

The inner sides of the rails 1 and 2 above the covered cleansing rods 5are provided with longitudinal strips of fabric 7 similar to thatcovering the rods 5, and while the covered rods permit of dirt beingremoved from the sole of the shoe, the strips of fabric 7 permit of theside edges of the sole and the heel being cleaned and polished.

Secured to the upper edge of the rail 1 Patented Nov. 4-, 1913.

Serial No. 750,411.

by tacks 8, screws or other fastening means is one edge of a flexibleholder 9 that forms the bottom of the mat. The holder 9 is preferablymade of canvas or a durable fabric and extends around the outer side ofthe rail 1 and upwardly against the outer' side of the rail 2. The freeedge of the holder 9 is provided with a case 10 containing a strip 11,this edge of the holder is held between two resilient clips 12 arangedat the end of the rail 2. V

The holder 9 collects dirt and foreign matter removed from shoes by thescraper bars 3 and 4, the covered rods 5 andthe strips of fabric 7, andto clean the mat it is only necessary to raise the same and open theholder 9. The mat can be beaten to re move dust from the covers of therods 5 and the covers can be readily renewed without destroying theframe work of the mat.

It is thought that the utility of the mat will be apparent withoutfurther description and while in the drawing there is illustrated apreferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that thestructural elements are susceptible to such variations and modificationsas fall within the scope of the appended claims.

WVhat I claim is 1. A door mat comprising parallel side rails, scraperbars connecting said rails at one end thereof, rods connecting saidrails, fabric covers arranged upon said rods, and a flexible holderforming the bottom of said mat.

2. A door mat comprising parallel side rails, scraper bars connectingsaid rails at one end thereof, rods connecting said rails, fabric coversarranged upon said rods, and a flexible holder forming the bottom ofsaid mat and having one edge thereof permanently connected to one railand the other edge detachably connected to the other rail.

3. A door mat comprising rails, transverse rods connecting said rails,fabric covers arranged upon said rods, and a movable flexible holdercarried by said rails and forming the bottom of said mat.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

G. I. DAUGHIERTY, J. B. REYNOLDS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

